A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for controlling cell search procedure, including a user equipment determining a change of position in relation to a serving cell; determining the quality of signal received from the serving cell; and stopping the cell search procedure if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the loss of signal quality is lower than a second value.
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1. A method for controlling cell search procedure by an apparatus for wireless communication, the method comprising: determining a change of position in relation to a serving cell; determining quality of a signal received from the serving cell; and causing the cell search procedure to stop if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the determined quality is lower than a second value.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the change of position is determined from a value change of serving cell received signal code power (RSCP).
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the value change in serving cell RSCP is determined by comparing a RSCP value measured during a current cell search procedure to a RSCP value measured during a latest cell search procedure.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the quality comprises determining pilot chip energy to interference power spectral density (Ec/Io) of a signal received a common pilot channel (CPICH).
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cell search procedure is caused to stop when new cells have not been found in a predefined number of consecutive searches.
6. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising completing the cell search procedure after a predefined number of stopped cell search procedures.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus for wireless communication is configured to operate as part of a user equipment.
8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one processor and a memory storing computer instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the memory with the computer instructions and the processor are configured to cause the apparatus to at least: determine a change of position in relation to a serving cell; determine quality of a signal received from the serving cell; and cause a cell search procedure to stop if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the determined quality is lower than a second value.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the memory with the computer instructions and the processor are configured to cause the apparatus to determine the change of position from a value change of serving cell received signal code power (RSCP).
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the value change in serving cell RSCP is determined by comparing a RSCP value measured during a current cell search procedure to a RSCP value measured during a latest cell search procedure.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the determined quality of the signal comprises pilot chip energy to interference power spectral density (Ec/Io) of the signal received from a common pilot channel (CPICH).
12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the cell search procedure is caused to stop when new cells have not been found in a predefined number of consecutive searches.
13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the memory with the computer instructions and the processor are configured to cause the apparatus to complete the cell search procedure after a predefined number of stopped cell search procedures.
14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is configured to operate as part of a user equipment.
15. A computer-readable memory tangibly storing computer program code embodied therein which is executable by a computer, the computer program code comprising: code for determining a change of position in relation to a serving cell; code for determining quality of a signal received from the serving cell; and code for causing a cell search procedure to stop if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the determined quality is lower than a second value.
16. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the change of position is determined from a change in value of serving cell received signal code power (RSCP).RSCP value change.
17. The computer-readable memory according to claim 16 , wherein the change in value of serving cell RSCP is determined by comparing a RSCP value measured during a current cell search procedure to a RSCP value measured during a latest cell search procedure.
18. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein determining the quality comprises determining pilot chip energy to interference power spectral density (Ec/Io) of a signal received from a common pilot channel (CPICH).
19. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the cell search procedure is caused to stop when new cells have not been found in a predefined number of consecutive searches.
20. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , further comprising code for completing the cell search procedure after a predefined number of stopped cell search procedures.
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April 11, 2011
September 24, 2013
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